James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became sober ...

There’s new hope for people struggling with an addiction to cocaine. In clinical trial results released today, an experimental drug initially developed by Novartis was found to reduce cocaine use in ...

Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the rise of an even deadlier drug. Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S.

The Trump administration is calling for the compound 7-OH, a popular byproduct of the Kratom plant found in diet and pain-relief pills, to be scheduled as an illicit drug. Food and Drug Administrator ...